MJ Lee

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RT @kaitlancollins: News — President Biden tells CNN that President Trump's impeachment trial "has to happen." While acknowledging the effe… — PolitiTweet.org

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White House official says 100 million Covid vaccines in 100 days remains the official White House goal -- but that Biden's hope/aim is to surpass that (he said earlier today he thinks US could be doing 1.5 million doses per day in a few weeks) — PolitiTweet.org

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Klain also says when Fauci said the Biden admin isn't starting from scratch, he was referring to how "a year of really amazing scientific breakthrough and discovery created this vaccine in record time and we have seen the initial wave of vaccinations take place." — PolitiTweet.org

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Meanwhile Biden chief of staff Ron Klain says on Meet the Press: "the process to distribute the vaccine, particularly outside of nursing homes and hospitals out into the community as a whole, did not really exist when we came into the White house." https://t.co/syVjl9WNuM — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @alexburnsNYT: New - How Democrats prepared for doomsday My story on how the left built a huge, below-the-radar coalition that coordina… — PolitiTweet.org

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Congratulations to both @DanaBashCNN and @abbydphillip who are making Sunday mornings on CNN that much better! >>> — PolitiTweet.org

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@PamelaBrownCNN (Fauci had said last week it's not accurate to say distribution itself is starting from zero since there is already activity. Richmond said "we actually have the vaccines, but no, we didn't have a plan on how to distribute the vaccines.") — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden senior adviser Cedric Richmond to @PamelaBrownCNN last night on Covid vaccine distribution: “The sad part is the last administration didn't leave anything. They didn’t leave a plan." https://t.co/EiqV7RfO2x — PolitiTweet.org

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Fauci, a holdover from the Trump administration, said about the previous admin's vaccine distribution efforts: "You can't say it was absolutely not usable at all." (In the last hour, Biden said Trump's vaccine rollout had been a "dismal failure") >> — PolitiTweet.org

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When reporter asks if 100 million vaccines shots in 100 days is an ambitious enough goal, Biden responds: "When I announced it you all said it's not possible. Come on, give me a break, man. It's a good start. Hundred million." — PolitiTweet.org

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One source described their moment of really realizing that Trump admin really had no federal vaccine plan to speak of: "Wow, just further affirmation of complete incompetence." https://t.co/u2hwMVMt10 — PolitiTweet.org

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Some of Biden's Covid advisers wanted to be careful not to be overly critical in public of Trump admin's Covid/vaccine work during the transition, because they were already struggling to get critical data/info from the outgoing admin. https://t.co/u2hwMVMt10 — PolitiTweet.org

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"There is nothing for us to rework. We are going to have to build everything from scratch." --> Sources told CNN there simply was no vaccine distribution plan under Trump, leaving Biden and his team having to essentially start from "square one." https://t.co/u2hwMVMt10 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @javimorgado: Breaking news: Sources tell CNN's @mj_lee that @POTUS Joe Biden is inheriting a non-existent vaccination plan from the Tru… — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden: "When I die, Delaware will be written on my heart... and the hearts of all the Bidens." — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden wipes away a tears as he bids farewell to Delaware. Says it is an emotional moment for him, and that it is a state that made his family what it is. — PolitiTweet.org

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"They don't know what they don't know" -- the nagging concern for the Biden Covid team with inauguration just around the corner. The mood among Biden's top Covid advisers and what they're most worried about, w/ @SaraMurray @KristenhCNN https://t.co/W8rLycwmrv — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @alexburnsNYT: New — The GOP hurtles toward civil war, as McConnell allies & top donors vow to spurn Trump loyalists in 2022 and the soo… — PolitiTweet.org

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Zients: “The reason we need to pull out all the stops is that this program is really not on track. What we're inheriting from the Trump administration is much worse than what we could have imagined. There's no existing infrastructure on vaccine distribution...” — PolitiTweet.org

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Update: Jeff Zients confirms he’s bringing Slavitt on to Biden Covid team as a senior adviser. He tells me tonight that the hire is a clear sign that the incoming administration is “pulling out all the stops” to get Covid under control. https://t.co/gtSoHo2RJa — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @mkraju: Senate GOP has balked at such a price tag and will need buy-in from Republicans to move this immediately in the session https:/… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @CNN: “To a certain degree, I'm happy that [my parents are] not seeing what's going on here,” @wolfblitzer tells @brikeilarcnn after a r… — PolitiTweet.org

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Slavitt worked closely w/ Jeff Zients, Biden's Covid coordinator, on fixing ACA rollout. Zients is said to see Slavitt as being invaluable to helping tackle a crisis of Covid's magnitude. His role on Biden Covid team is temporary for now https://t.co/gtSoHo2RJa — PolitiTweet.org

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New: Andy Slavitt, former acting head of CMS who worked on fixing the botched https://t.co/138MlTCWuC rollout, is joining Biden's Covid team in a senior advisory role (tweeting this again bc previous tweet dropped important word) w/ @jessicadean https://t.co/gtSoHo2RJa — PolitiTweet.org

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Slavitt worked closely w/ Jeff Zients, Biden's Covid coordinator, on fixing ACA rollout. Zients is said to see Slavitt as being invaluable to helping tackle a crisis of Covid's magnitude. His role on Biden Covid team is temporary for now https://t.co/gtSoHo2RJa — PolitiTweet.org

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New: Andy Slavitt, former acting head of CMS who worked on botched https://t.co/138MlTCWuC rollout, is joining Biden's Covid team in a senior advisory role https://t.co/gtSoHo2RJa — PolitiTweet.org

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But state-level sources have also expressed sense of relief as they wait for more details of Biden vaccine plan. They said dealing with Trump admin vs. incoming Biden team on Covid has been night and day, describing the latter as much more engaged https://t.co/0VkJz0GneA — PolitiTweet.org

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States are skeptical and concerned about meeting Joe Biden's goal of 100 million vaccine shots in his first 100 days in office, with outstanding Qs on everything from mass vaccination sites, funding and vaccine supply. New w/ @SaraMurray @KristenhCNN https://t.co/0VkJz0oMn2 — PolitiTweet.org

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The proposal will include sizable direct payments to American families, significant state and local funding -- including for coronavirus vaccine distribution -- and other emergency spending measures to help those struggling during the pandemic. — PolitiTweet.org

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Joe Biden is expected to unveil a major Covid-19 relief package on Thursday and his advisers have recently told allies in Congress to expect a price tag in the ballpark of $2 trillion, according to two people briefed on the deliberations. https://t.co/kPKITC3BgU — PolitiTweet.org